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# Decoding Silicon Valley: The Insider's Guide

**Brand:** michelle e. messinajonathan c. baer
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    Understanding a complex and dynamic ecosystem
  

*by E***N on Reviewed in the United States on May 21, 2016*

I have lived and worked in Silicon Valley for 37 years—and have had the great fortune of spending all these years at the birthplace of lots of amazing tech innovations, SRI International (formerly Stanford Research Institute) and then with a spin-out from SRI, Strategic Business Insights, located on the SRI campus.  In part because of my SRI connection, I have given lots of presentations to visiting delegations, especially from the Nordics, about Silicon Valley.  And as an economist, with strong interest in regional economics and the role of technology, who has long studied and discussed the dynamics of Silicon Valley with colleagues and friends in the region, I think I have a pretty good understanding of how the Valley works. But I was still intrigued when I saw that Jon and Michelle had written Decoding Silicon Valley, and ordered it immediately to see what I could learn—as this is a very complex and dynamic ecosystem, and anyone who thinks he or she understands it all, and has nothing to learn, would be sadly mistaken.  And I am very happy I bought and read the book, as it is filled with lots of interesting personal anecdotes and perspectives from a wide variety of people, each with observations that I found interesting and insightful. As a member of the Board of Silicon Vikings, my colleagues and I interact with lots of Nordic entrepreneurs, academics, government officials and others who come to the Valley to study its ways, and learn. I will now recommend they all read Decoding Silicon Valley on the flight over, as this will prepare them well for what they will see and experience once their plane touches down in this amazing place.

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    Tourguide for out-of-towners
  

*by R***Y on Reviewed in the United States on May 5, 2016*

Think of Decoding Silicon Valley as a tourguide for out-of-towners. What do they need to know to make sense of our eco-system? What preconceptions about our culture and practices would they do well to let go of, before they arrive, because they’re the stuff of myth and legend? This is that tourguide.For those of us who live here, there’s so much truth and insight embedded that we’ll likely learn something about how we work that we didn’t realize ourselves. Perhaps even more interesting, we will likely, by implication, get a sense of just how different the rest of the country – and even more so the rest of the world – really is from this magical Bay Area in which we live.

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    Perfect for people just landed in Silicon Valley! But also for people who want to get a grasp what it is and what it isn't
  

*by A***E on Reviewed in the United States on June 28, 2016*

The book got recommended in the first week of my 3 month stay in Silicon Valley. It was awesome timing and it helped me to dive into the Valley way faster then without it. It took away the magic in a good way. All the people are just people after all. It gave good advice where necessary pointed out differences where appropriate and demystified where the stories about the Valley are just stories.In my situation (entrepreneur, being in the Valley for about 3 month) a very good perspective to start from. As always: I don't thing the author is always right, but he also never stated that. It is just his experience and his opinion or the opinion of the people he interviewed.Definitely a book I will read a second time!

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